Offerings of the season

Caring act: Family members receivingparcels of slaughtered meat from a volunteer at the State Mosque in Jalan Masjid Negeri, George Town, after Aidiladha prayers.

THOUSANDS of people received their share of sacrificial beef at the State Mosque in George Town, as Muslims celebrated Hari Raya Haji.

Eleven cows and four goats were offered in honour of Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail as an act of submission to God.